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  Suzan Kaplan October 2, 2011 at 10:03pm

  Dowry bracelets from the Rif
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  Suzan Kaplan October 2, 2011 at 10:04pm

  Dowry bracelets from Rif Mountains.
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  Marie-Ange December 12, 2011 at 8:59pm

  Beautiful, never could find them in my size (2.75")
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  Suzan Kaplan December 13, 2011 at 8:08am

  Thanks Marie-Ange, it's a squeeze for me but I love to wear them! They're slighty over 2.5"
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  Marie-Ange December 13, 2011 at 2:34pm

  They are easier to get on with a little plastic bag over your hand (or handcream).
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  SARAH CORBETT December 13, 2011 at 3:13pm

  Thought you may like these pics  of  bracelets like this one being worn... these pics are mostly moyen Atlas Ladies, but I believe that as you correctly say these were worn in the eastern Rif too.

   

  Yours are beautiful pieces...is that a Fes 1925 hallmark?? very rare to see these with marks....nice find!

  Sx

  

  
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  SARAH CORBETT December 13, 2011 at 3:46pm

  The middle pic is a slightly different style, I think the differeces evolve as we travel geographically south!

  SX
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  SARAH CORBETT December 13, 2011 at 3:48pm

  Great ti re the bags and the cream M-A!!
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  Suzan Kaplan December 13, 2011 at 7:46pm

  Thank you Sarah for posting the Middle Atlas ladies. I have how the different dowry bracelet styles have evolved. It seems that the southern ones have bigger, taller spirals, maybe pointing to more Saharan and deeper African influences.

  I think the hallmark you have noticed is the rams head from Casablanca but there is a Fez tower on another of them. I'm going to post some closeups of hallmarks in a sec.

  Great tip from Marie-Ange, thanks. I have resorted to plastic bags on humid days!